Fears as inquiry says bans on short-term leases should be lifted

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Date: 22 Oct 2016

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An 18-month inquiry said a ban on short-term letting in all but 12 councils across the state should be lifted, but tougher regul­ation placed on “professional operators’’ who rent out a number of apartments at the same time on accommodation websites.

The industry’s opponents, espec­ially Airbnb critics, had pushed for short-term letting to be banned, especially in high-density high-rise buildings in Sydney’s inner city, which have become short-term hot spots over the past few years.